The image of the 1st printing, 1947 (on the
left) was donated by Moe Wadle, the author of The Movie Tie-In Book.
This appears to be another of those Pocket Books that features TWO different
wrappers for stated first printings (the one on the right is a stated 1st, too).

All the paperback price guides make
reference only to the painted cover. It is attributed to an artist named Troop
(it's signed in the lower right corner).